Improvement in hay-rakes



2 Sheets-Sheet 1. C. J. FAY.

Horse Hay Rake. N. 30,132. Patented sept. 25, 1860.

C' L PAYal 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

Horse Hay Rake.

N l` l o 30,132 Patented Sept. 25, 1860.

N. PETERS. Phemmhngmpher, wningtm Dec.

NITED ',STATES" CYRUS J. FAY, OF HAMMONTON, -NEW JERSEY.

lM PROVELM ENT- N HAY-RAKES.

Specification forming part, of Letters Patent No.. 30,132, dated September '25, 1860.

.To all whom it may concern:

1' Beit known that I, CYR-US J FAY,^of Hamnonton, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new andimprov'ed Hay-Rake to be Operated or Drawn by Horse-Power; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full', clear,- and ex`act`descriptionl ofthe same, reference being `had to thev annexed'drawings, making a part of this specifican, in whichn Figure l is-a vertlcalrsection of my inveniio'n, tak-en in the linewzmFig. 2; Fig. 2, a side sectional view' of my" invention, taken inlthe line y y, Fig. 4; Fig.3, avertical section of the toothed cylinder, taken inthe line y y', Fig. 2;

.Fig.. 4, a .plan 'o r vtop view ofthe saine.

--Similar lettersof reference indicate corre-v sponding parts lin the several figures.

Hay-takes drawn .by horses have hitherto .been so arran ged as to render them both liable lto catch obstructions, andeither breakfthein in certain cases-fas, for instance, where the rigid wooden .teeth are employed-or straighten l them out vwhere the wire spring-teeth are used.

',{lnh'e teeth also are liable to collect with the hay, sods, manure, Src., and also to scratch the i The objectof lChewithin-described invention jis to obviatel these diiculties, and to this endv I employ a .rotating cylinder provided with 'movable or adjustable teeth,land using in connection with the same elastic guides land an i-n termittingly-rotating crib-reel, ashereinafter y fully shown and described'.

To enable those skilled in the artmofullyun- 'derstandf and construct' my invention. I will.'

broeeedto describe it. c

A15/represents a rectangular frame, which is mounted on two wheels, B B', anda caster-l i wheel, B, and has thills .Cv attached.' Disa drivrs .seat on the frontpartof-the frame, and

is a cylinder, which is suspended in the back partjof 'the frame and allowed to rotate freely therein. The cylinderE 'isrotated from the wheel Bby a cross-belt,.a, which passes around av pulley,'b', on one end ofthe 'shaft of the cylin- .der E, the wheels B B' rotati'ngin a reverse direction tocylinder E, asV indicated .by the arrows in Figs. 2 and 4. j. f

The back part ot' the frame, A is sustained by the caster-wheel B". the shank or rod b of which passes up through the back cross-rail, e, of the frame A.

' F is aber which is placed 'underneath the cross-rail e, and has its inner end beveled, as-

'shown at din Fig. 1, to form a wedge. This wedge-shaped end d of the bar F is slotted longitudinally, and the'shank or rod b'vpasses through said slot so that the wedge may be interposed between the crossrail c and the fork e of the shank or rod b/. The outer' partpof 'the bar F is slottedlongitudinally and vertically, as shown at f in Fig. 4,and a bolt, g,

passes through said slot, said bolt sustaining the outer part of the harF and theslot f, ad

mitting of a longitudinal adjustment ot' the v'the slots' j being suiciently long. to admit ot' a certain degree of play ot' the teeth in the slots. (SeemoreparticularlyFig.2.) -Throughthe inner parts of the teeth 'i ot' each rodfrlt a rod, 7c, passes-, These rods serve vas Weights to adjust by their gravity thev teetht', as will presently be shown.'v

The' cylinder E is grooved circumferentially at equal di'stancesapart, as shown at Zin Figs. 1 and 4, and into 'these grooves theupper' ends of springs G t. These springs may be simply metal rods of cylindrical form with their lowerendsattached to the cross-rail das shown in Fig. 2.

Tothe back part of the frame A there` are attached twov inclined bars, m m, between the vupperendsof,which 1a shaft, n, is fitted and allowedto rotate freely. This shaftn has rods -o passing through-it at right angles to l eachv othergand these rods fornij'our compartments lorvcribs, p ppp, to receivetheh'ay. These cribs are retained in position or prevented from'casu'- ally turning by meansof rods qV q, one at each sidebt'the machinegainst which rodsl theouter 'ends of the rods o of the cribs bear when the former are shoved backward t otheir fullest extent. The'front ends of the -rods q q` are attached to a swiyginghar, H, inthe front part of the, frame A', -by actuating,` which'the rods q are adjusted, l i. y

The operation is as follows: As the machine is drawnalong the cylinderfE is rotated by I the belt a in the direction indicated lby the arrow upon it, andthe teeth i as they ascend nt the frontf side of the cylinder carry. up

the hey, the teeth, in consequenceof the grav` ity of the rods k, being kept, as they ascend at tlle'frontside of the cylinder, inv a hooked position-that is to say, with their outer ends elevated so as to obtain a lproper hold to convey upward the'hay. 'As the teeth 't' reach the top of the cylinder they,in consequence ot the gravity of the roil's,k, assume -a verticaly position, and as they descend at the back side of the cylinder theirouter ends are elevated by the gravity ofthe yrods It, so' that the Vhay tney be readily stripped from the teeth by the rods G, the hitter serving as guides to conduct the hay into1 the crihs '11. I When a suicient quantityof hay has passed into a crib the driver freni his seat B actuates' the barH.

andfdraws forward the rods g, so that 'the shaft-,n may rotate and an'empty crib be' broght in line with the' guides Gr. As the teeth'z' pass below the center of the cylinder E they again assume the hook position and' operate .as be-v fore. The teeth arefmade to operate escluse to the gronndfas .desirableby adjusting the Witnesses:

.HORACE GRANT, Jr., EDWD. T. MCKEAN. 

